Africanisation of the PartyStalwarts such as JB Marks and Johannes Nkosi join the party

1926

ICU expels communistsThe ICU's star begins to fade

1927

JT Gumede elected ANC PresidentA new progressive leadership emerges

1928

Emergence of African Leadership1600 of the CPSA's 1750 members are black

CI 6th Congressthe task of the South african communist is to transform the ANC 'into a
fighting nationalist revolutionary organisation'

1929

Black Republic thesisThe CPSA developes a strategic line, with the assistance of the Communist
International:'The most direct line of advance to soccialism runs through the mass
struggle for majority rule'

Early 30s

FactionalismThe CI also has negative effects:
Factionalism leads to the expulsion of veterans like SP Bunting

1935

All African ConvectionForerunner of today's broad front politics

CI 7th congressDimitrov urges 'united fronts, not left-sectarianism, in the face of the
fascist onslaught